Backgammon

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As we have dicussed in the previous article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to shift your pieces carefully around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opponent shifts their chips toward their home board in the opposite direction. With opposing player pieces heading in opposing directions there is bound to be conflict and the requirement for particular strategies at specific instances. Here are the last 2 Backgammon strategies to complete your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the aim of the blocking plan is to slow down the opponent to shift their chips, the Priming Game strategy is to completely barricade any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a bad position if he/she at all attempts to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be established anywhere between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. Once you have successfully constructed the prime to prevent the movement of the opponent, your competitor doesn’t even get a chance to roll the dice, that means you shift your pieces and roll the dice again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Strategy

The goals of the Back Game strategy and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to hurt your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your chances of succeeding, however the Back Game tactic utilizes different tactics to do that. The Back Game technique is frequently utilized when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to control two or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This strategy is more complex than others to play in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your pieces and how the checkers are moved is partly the result of the dice roll.